Quotes About Expectations

That which is desirable in young girls means, naturally, that which is desirable to men. Of all cultivated accomplishments the first is 'innocence.' Beauty may or may not be forthcoming; but 'innocence' is 'the chief charm of girlhood.

The only thing they can think of about a man is Fatherhood!" said Terry in high scorn. "Fatherhood! As if a man was always wanting to be a father!

Nobody would believe what an effort it is to do what little I am able, - to dress and entertain, and order things

This is the woman's century, the first chance for the mother of the world to rise to her full place . . . and the world waits while she powders her nose.

They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.'

Taylor Swift was never meant to be a singer-songwriter; she was supposed to become a stockbroker.

The manner of your delivery always matters when you are charged with delivering the deliverables.

I finally realized that I was being unrealistic. I could never be like my heroes. They all had something I didn't. A Y-chromosome.

Pee in a cup, Bobbi. Give us your blood, Bobbi. Whoops, we reanimated the dead, Bobbi. Find the antiviral, Bobbi. Clean up our mess, Bobbi. Blah blah blah. Blah. Blah.

Men don't realize that if we're sleeping with them on the first date, we're probably not interested in seeing them again either.

To me marriage is for five or ten years.

The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing --- and then they marry him.

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing--and then marry him.

WHY I AM STILL SINGLE: (According to lies I tell myself) 1. I am not worth the trouble because of my imperfections. 2. I am not lovable. 3. I am not pretty enough. 4. A guy has to be drunk to be attracted to me. 5. I'm too old, even for guys my age, who want women ten years younger. 6. Another woman will always be there to take a guy's attention off me.

I have been overlooked many times by men—including godly Christian men—because I don't fit a physical profile.

Dave had been fun when they'd first dated. Then impending fatherhood had sobered him at the same time Mickle and Company had crooked its finger, turning him from Mr. Right to Mr. Wrong.

You don't have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they perceive as your success. You don't have to explain what your plan to do with your life. You don't have to justify your education by demonstrating its financial rewards. You don't have to maintain an impeccable credit score. Anyone who expects you to do any of those things has no sense of history of economics or science or the arts.

The most fascinating thing to me about your letter is that buried beneath all the anxiety and sorrow and fear and self-loathing, there's arrogance at its core. It presumes you should be successful at twenty-six, when really it takes most writers much longer to get there.

You can't squeeze blood from a turnip.

Oh, the dream. The goddamned man + baby dream. Written by the High Commission on Heterosexual Love and Sexual Reproduction and practiced by couples across the land, the dream's a bitch if you're a maternally inclined straight female and not living it by the age of thirty-seven -- a situation of a spermicidally toxic flavor. Of course you want to bring out your six-shooter every time you see another bloated mom hoisting up another pinched-faced spawn on Facebook. You want the dream too!

You cannot convince people to love you. This is an absolute rule. No one will ever give you love because you want him or her to give it. Real love moves freely in both directions. Don't waste your time on anything else.

You don't have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they perceive as your success. You don't have to explain what you plan to do with your life. You don't have to justify your education by demonstrating its financial rewards.

Maybe it was ridiculous to go on a date with someone I'd barely spoken to and whose main appeal was that he was good-looking and he liked Wilco. I'd certainly done such things with men based on far less.

You don't have to justify your education by demonstrating its financial rewards. Anyone who expects you to has no sense of the arts.